Houghton Farm


  • Address: NY Hwy 32
  • Vicinity: Winslow Way, Between NY Rt 32 and Old Rt 32, near mileposts 50 and 51, Mountainville
  • Hamlet of Mountainville in Cornwall, NY
  • Type: Historic District
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District

Houghton Farm was the country estate of Lawson Valentine (1827-1891) in Mountainville, New York. The 1,000 acre farm stretched from Black Rock Forest to Schunnemunk Mountain. - AsNotedIn


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1876/00/00 Lawson Valentine buys a farm in Mountainville, New York as a summer home and experimental farm.
1877/00/00 Winslow Homer Guest Homer visits the farm of his patron, Lawson Valentine, in Mountainville, New York.
1878/05/00 Winslow Homer Guest Winslow begins a sojourn at Lawson Valentine's farm in Mountainville, New York. Staying till about November, Homer will paint "Apple Picking" which is in the Daniel J Terra Collection on a long-term loan to the Art Institute of Chicago.
1900/00/00 John DeWolf Landscape Architect John DeWolf landscapes Lawson Valentine's farm in Mountainville, New York.

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Sight Category Historic District




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